>>Hi All:
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>>I have a VARBINARY field in my table called varb with a value of, say, 0h0000011111. I want to set up ten fields in my table (R1 to R10) that represents each bit, so that the user can easily change each bit.
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>>What syntax would I use to transfer each bit to the proper field such as:
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>>Replace R8 with substr(varb,8,1) - which doesn't work.
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>>THEN, once the user has completed his task, I would need the equivalent of
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>>Replace varb with CharToVarbinary(R1 + R2 ... + R10)
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>>Thanks,
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>>Yossi
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>Did you check CTOBIN function? Also, are your data in VFP or SQL Server?

Naomi:

My data is in VFP.

I'll have to play around with the CTOBIN and BINTOC functions tomorrow, so far, I can't see how to use them to do what I want.

Thanks,

Yossi